Very Important Information for the SECOND most Important Fight you will ever Have in your Life: The Legal Battle after you have used your gun to defend yourself. -SF When training our members on how to deal with the aftermath of a self defense shooting, we always emphasize the negative impact of stress on…
Category: Self-Defense Issues
Civilian Operator 101: The Survival Tree
One of the BEST and most Practical articles I have read in a long time on training for and surviving an Active Shooter situation.-SF A lot of people have asked me about how they could increase their survivability in an active shooter situation. The reality is sometimes you can’t win and that’s something you should…
Farnam Quips: Survival Lessons Learned From Recent Terror Attacks
From recent terrorist incidents, several life and death survival lessons emerge: 1. Don’t head for the restroom! Restrooms are dead ends. There is likely no exit from the restroom. You will be trapped there. When you don’t see another eligible exit, head for the kitchen. The kitchen always has a back door! 2. Have a…
Armed Citizens Corner: Recognizing an Opportunity For Action When The Killer’s Gun Jams
By Greg Ellifritz I’ve written quite a bit about malfunctioning guns over the years. I published Criminals and the Guns They Carry. That article was a study of all the unloaded broken and malfunctioning guns police take from criminals. A couple weeks later I wrote Weapon Malfunctions in the Active Shooter Environment about…
Armed Citizens Corner: “The One in a Quarter of A Million Shot”
An extraordinary shot from a Colorado gunfight is being described as a “one in a billion” shot. The shot is extraordinary, but the odds are much better than a billion to one. It is fairly common for people in a gun fight to get hit in the gun arm or gun hand, or for their…
Armed Citizen Corner: The Texas Waffle House Shootout – Robber with AK Shot By Legally Armed Citizen
(DeSoto, TX) Police have identified the suspect in an aggravated robbery at a Waffle House last week. About 2:30 a.m. Thursday, police were called to the Waffle House in the 1500 block of North Beckley Avenue, where they found a man shot in the parking lot. Customers told police that the man had come into…
Armed Citizen Corner: How To Help A Cop During A Life Threatening Struggle
With the violence directed against cops in Dallas and a few other locations recently, a few people have asked me to re-post this article. If you want to help a cop in trouble, read it. And be sure to read PART TWO, how you can help a cop even if you aren’t carrying a weapon….
RKBA News: Constitutional Carry Begins in Idaho
Constitutional Carry is now in effect for the state of Idaho! For those who aren’t familiar with the term, it is permit-less concealed carry. Law-abiding residents can now carry a concealed weapon (Where allowed by law) without a permit. Idaho is one of a handful of states who have taken this important step. They are…
Armed Citizen Corner: You Are Only A Victim If You Let THEM Make You One
A Very timely essay. Read it twice and then send it to somebody you care about. -SF When you need it badly enough, when you want it badly enough, anything can be a weapon as long as you use enough force and violence. One man kills several, one man kills several, one man…. I do…
Practical Skill-Sets: Trapped in a Crowd – Why Crowds Get Dangerous & How To Survive A Crush
I used to lovegoing to sporting events. I regularly spent Saturday afternoons in a football stadium with 65,000 other fans, or in a basketball arena with 23,000 other basketball crazies, or a Friday night at Disney World with 80,000 of my newfound friends. I had no problem with large crowds. I loved the lack of…